Mary Douglas Quotes
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He's too short, he's too... tall, he's... just not going to work.
Ed Wood -
Diversity isn't just a hallmark of big cities anymore.
Laura Moser -
Things can fall apart, or threaten to, for many reasons, and then there's got to be a leap of faith. Ultimately, when you're at the edge, you have to go forward or backward; if you go forward, you have to jump together.
Yo-Yo Ma -
When I won the belt, it was kind of a precedent... The only Canadian to have ever held it.
Owen Hart -
I have to think about how to not spread myself too thin. It's a really great problem to have.
Nate Silver -
Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
Nadia Giosia
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Even if your novel occurs in an unfamiliar setting in which all the customs and surroundings will seem strange to your reader, it's still better to start with action. The reason for this is simple. If the reader wanted an explanation of milieu, he would read nonfiction. He doesn't want information. He wants a story.
Nancy Kress -
I like children; I like 'em, and I respect 'em. Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by them.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. -
No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
Orville Wright -
One of the unsung freedoms that go with a free press is the freedom not to read it.
Ferdinand Mount -
I just keep working out. You can't stop. Everyone thinks there's a trick, but there's no trick! The trick is, you have to be consistent.
Kate Hudson -
I think that the greatest lesson I learned from my father is just having compassion towards people.
Laila Ali
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Ain't no place like New Orleans. It's one of kind.
Aaron Neville -
I believe we're the party of small business.
Ed Gillespie -
I couldn't get as big as a bodybuilder. I tried to put on as much weight in the right places as I could. My weightlifting was impressive for me, but not for some of the guys I see down at the gym.
Ralph Fiennes -
I did not have one bad spell during writing - an unprecedented record.
Zane Grey -
Look: I don't want to live with a nuclear Iran. I would like to make it uncomfortable for them to seek it.
Zbigniew Brzezinski -
I remember Mr. Mayer very well. He sort of liked to be the father - no, he liked to be treated like you thought he was Daddy, but he didn't treat you like Daddy at all.
Jackie Cooper
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We need a strong police force - the Interior Ministry of the Republic of Chechnya. We have to get rid of the traitors who have managed to penetrate into the law-enforcement department.
Akhmad Kadyrov -
The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery.
Plato -
I have had my genome fully sequenced and have learned a great deal about which medications I would respond to and which might or would induce major side effects, along with knowing many medical conditions for which I'm particularly susceptible.
Eric Topol -
Do not be jealous of your sister. Know that diamonds and rosesare as uncomfortable when they tumble from one's lips as toads and frogs:colder, too, and sharper, and they cut.
Neil Gaiman -
It's not hard to stand behind one's successes. But to accept responsibility for one's failures... that is devishly hard!
Vaclav Havel -
Any great organization can go through sectarian phases.
Mary Douglas